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• Polish President Kaczynski was nationalist, pro-US (AP)
• Polish leader, 96 others dead in Russia jet crash (AP)
• US seeks to smooth relations with Afghan leader (AP)
• Thai army pulls back from protest clashes; 18 dead (AP)
• 3 Italians among 9 held in alleged Afghan plot (AP)
• Poland Mourns a Plane Crash That Decimates Its Government (Time.com)
• O'Neill turns on Terry as Villa suffer more woe (AFP)
• Iran: Iraq's government must include Sunnis (AP)
• Bomb damages US consulate in Mexico; no injuries (AP)
• Kuwait deports 17 pro-ElBaradei Egyptians -rights group (Reuters)
• Calif boy, 13, aims to be youngest on Everest peak (AP)
• Australia says freeze on asylum seekers legal (AFP)
• Commerce Department: China dumped cheap steel in U.S. (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Polish President Lech Kaczynski plane crash death could strain Poland-Russia ties (The Christian Science Monitor)
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Bangkok Protests: The Government Strikes Back (Time.com)

Polish President Kaczynski was nationalist, pro-US (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:39 PM PDT AP - Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died Saturday in a plane crash in Russia, was a one-time anti-communist activist who teamed up with his twin brother to take his country in a nationalist, conservative direction.

Polish leader, 96 others dead in Russia jet crash (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:10 PM PDT AP - The crash of an aging Russian airliner ravaged the top levels of Poland's military, political and church elite Saturday, killing the Polish president and dozens of other dignitaries as they traveled to a ceremony commemorating a slaughter that has divided the two nations for seven decades.

US seeks to smooth relations with Afghan leader (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - President Hamid Karzai got a VIP briefing at NATO headquarters and the top American diplomat in Kabul went out of his way to smooth U.S.-Afghan relations — signs that Washington is using a softer touch in dealing with the unpredictable Afghan leader.

Thai army pulls back from protest clashes; 18 dead (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:21 PM PDT AP - Savage clashes between protesters and Thai soldiers killed at least 18 people and injured hundreds before both sides retreated, no closer to ending a monthlong occupation of parts of the capital by demonstrators demanding new elections. Hopes were expressed for negotiations Sunday.

3 Italians among 9 held in alleged Afghan plot (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:33 PM PDT AP - Three Italian medical workers are among nine people who were detained in an alleged plot to kill an Afghan provincial governor, officials said Saturday.

Poland Mourns a Plane Crash That Decimates Its Government (Time.com) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT Time.com - The country launches a week of mourning, and says it will launch its own investigation

O'Neill turns on Terry as Villa suffer more woe (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:57 PM PDT AFP - Martin O'Neill launched an angry attack on John Terry, accusing the defender of making a career-threatening challenge on James Milner during Chelsea's 3-0 FA Cup semi-final victory over Aston Villa.

Iran: Iraq's government must include Sunnis (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:30 PM PDT AP - The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad said Saturday that Iraq's new government should include all political blocs — including Sunnis — in a shift for a country that has long advocated an Iraqi government dominated by fellow Shiites.

Bomb damages US consulate in Mexico; no injuries (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:27 PM PDT AP - An attacker threw an explosive device over the wall around the U.S. consulate in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, breaking windows and startling employees inside but causing no injuries, the U.S. Embassy said Saturday.

Kuwait deports 17 pro-ElBaradei Egyptians -rights group (Reuters) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:35 PM PDT Reuters - Kuwaiti authorities on Saturday deported 17 Egyptian nationals supporting potential Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei in Kuwait City, an Arabic human rights group in Cairo told Reuters.

Calif boy, 13, aims to be youngest on Everest peak (AP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:38 PM PDT AP - At age 13, Jordan Romero is headed to Mount Everest in an attempt to become the youngest person to scale the world's highest mountain — and complete his goal of climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents.

Australia says freeze on asylum seekers legal (AFP) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:07 AM PDT AFP - Australia on Saturday defended its decision to temporarily stop processing asylum-seekers from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, saying its approach was legal and non-discriminatory.

Commerce Department: China dumped cheap steel in U.S. (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:18 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — In a ruling important to many companies across the country, the Commerce Department announced Friday that Chinese steelmakers sold steel tubes used by the oil and gas industry at below-market value in the U.S., a practice that domestic steelmakers say has harmed their operations.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski plane crash death could strain Poland-Russia ties (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 07:26 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and many other Polish officials in a plane crash at Smolensk, in western Russia, on Saturday, is a human tragedy and an appalling historical accident that could derail a recent warming trend in Russian-Polish relations.

Bangkok Protests: The Government Strikes Back (Time.com) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT Time.com - The Red Shirts had held the upper hand in the streets of the capital but security forces are now pushing back.

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